Acoustic EP, 2010

long as i’m dreamin’

i don’t know why you love me
i don’t know why you care
after all the things i’ve done
and times i ain’t been there
i’m a prize for one night baby
for a lifetime i don’t know
just ’cause you’re seein’ somethin’ in me
doesn’t mean i let it show

i been so long in the darkness
i lost my faith in the light
but somethin’s happenin’ here to me tonight

as long as i’m dreamin’ with you
i can see what love can do
as long as i’m dreamin’ with you
i can maybe believe it too
tho’ it scares me
right through
baby i’ll try it with you

you know i’ve had my reasons
for ev’rything i’ve done
no matter how good it felt
i told myself i was not the one
now i ain’t sayin’ i’ll change my ways
but i just might change my mind
still i’m afraid of the light that
from your window shines

i been so long on this highway
that all i know is the drive
but baby look what you’ve done to me tonight

chorus

i don’t know why i been feelin’ so lonely
now i need more than this highway to hold me
yeah somethin’s happenin’ here to me
baby look what you’ve done

chorus

love’s despair

today i coudn’t eat i was so lonely
i coudn’t think about a single thing
except for you and how our love is only
another song of careless hearts for me to sing

love’s despair has got me
sittin’ there might not be hurtin’
but it sure ain’t helpin’ none
love’s despair has found me
empty walls surround me darlin’
i’m you lonely only one

well there’s nothin’ here in houston to amuse me
and 45’s a long long road to you
highway signs and streetlights just confuse me
they show the way, but i can’t make it through

lovin’ you beats all i’ve ever seen

well colorado city is a mighty long ways south of laramiemy pickup truck’s been showin’ signs of knowin’ who to love and when to leavehot fillin’ station coffee on the dashboard there’s a vision in the steamooh and lovin’ you beats all i’ve ever seen

well flyin’ in from denver saw your picture in the inflight magazineand your name upon a billboard down in austin as the traffic light turned greenout here you’re just a sad old whisper half remembered from a dozen dancehall scenesooh but lovin’ you beats all i’ve ever seen

well i heard that you were tendin’ bar in jackson hole and waitin’ on your dreamsingin’ in a cowboy band to fill the hours and spaces in betweenwell i thought that i might lend a hand ’cause i can still play guitar pretty meanooh and lovin’ you beats all i’ve ever seen

well cold west texas mornings make me think about the leavin’ side of mea week of shows for rodeo is all i know about where you might becolorado city is a mighty long ways south of laramieooh but lovin’ you beats all i’ve ever seen

ooh yeah lovin’ you beats all i’ve ever seen

that’s what you get

how many times have i called you
just to see if you’d answer the phone
and how many times have i drove by your house
just to know whether you were alone

yeah but how many times have i said to you
the things that nobody would say
and how many times have i warned you
lord be careful when a girl walks away

that’s what you get when you love someone
that’s what you get when you love someone
that’s what you get when you love someone
that’s what you get when you love someone

how many years did we love each other
how many tears did we cry
when you fall and you slip you can slip again baby
you can say anything but goodbye

chorus

and i’ve found somebody
and you’ve found somebody
and lord won’t that just git it tonight?
and you can love me
or you can hate me
you can tell me i’m wrong
or you can know that i’m right
chorus

sunny day

ain’t it good to be alive on a sunny dayonly way that i can stand the rainain’t it good to be alive on a sunny dayonly way that i can face this pain

i woke up this mornin’took a look aroundmy situation only brings me down